What Bike Are You Lusting Over Now?
02-12-19, 06:56 PM
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I am lusting over a touring bike and going touring.. not a specific bike , but either rebuilding the mint Schwinn Voyageur, I picked up, with a new seat ,tires, handlebars, seat post , pedals,,etc. Or maybe a titanium touring bike.. lusting over touring maybe a tour of the food touring type, bed and breakfast, Eating and drinking fine wines on my tour,,, lol..
02-13-19, 07:37 PM
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Something steel. Give me some time to narrow it down.
02-13-19, 09:00 PM
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Surly Straggler 650b. Probably. No dealers within 300 miles, so can't test ride one. Run some big fat tires on that sucker and roll over all the hills.
02-13-19, 09:27 PM
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N+1
I don’t race, so I’ve never had lofty bike acquisition goals. But I’m finding the rule of N+1 does apply. I have a vintage Univega Competizione “Frankenbike” with Record/Mavic/105 components, a GT Grade gravel bike, and a Kestrel Talon X that took me two years to get a hold of. Now, the only bike I want to get is a super ugly beater. Some old, dirty POS from the 80s or 90s with rattling fenders and paint chipping off...a bike that I could leave anywhere and no one would even think of stealing it. Oddly, I think it would be one of my favorites.
02-14-19, 01:28 PM
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Kona Lava Dome, '90s steel frame version. I'm not really into mountain biking and have never owned a 26" wheel bike, but it's a pretty sweet little thing and would be fun for casual group rides on our groomed gravel/chat trails. Weighs about the same as my '80s road bike. Fortunately the Kona is grotesquely overpriced at a nearby pawn shop so there's little danger of my actually buying it.
02-14-19, 02:15 PM
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The brand new one leaning against the wall in my great room behind the baby grand. No way I can ride it with the weather the way it is - nor do I want to.
02-15-19, 12:19 PM
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I am actually lusting for a bike I already own. I am in the process of restoring a bike I purchased in new 1992, Ochsner steel road. I took it to my LBS to remove the old bottom bracket, the lower headset and the crown race from the fork. I am going to strip the paint to bare frame and repaint it. I am kind of back and forth on the color. Today I am thinking a gloss redish orange or brass color.
02-15-19, 08:34 PM
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Had my eye on a Colnago Arabesque for a long time......like a young Sophia Loren....
02-15-19, 09:39 PM
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02-16-19, 02:18 AM
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A clean Ducati 996. A friend has one for sale, and I am tempted to buy it. I've been riding motorcycles since I was 12, and living in Tokyo, a motorcycle makes much better time in the traffic going in and out of the city. I have the money, I have a parking spot, but I don't have a Japan motorcycle license. Getting the license is a royal pain here, otherwise I would have the bike now.
02-17-19, 12:46 AM
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Today it's this one. I change up my "wants" about every other day....
02-17-19, 04:50 AM
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I just purchased a new in box 2015 KHS Team 29 FS...I'm good for the foreseeable future having a bike for anything I'm likely to do...road, MTB or leisure.
02-17-19, 06:52 AM
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I'm building a rigid Karate Monkey, and I want it finished (and it to be less frosty outside).
02-20-19, 02:30 PM
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I'm thinking custom steel, chrome lugs and fork, monostay and a 1" head tube so I can still use a Cinelli XA quill stem/bars. Internal cabling of course, coupled with a nice polished Campagnolo group, tubulars of course...I just don't like production bikes (Even my 675 I built up from the bare frameset using what I liked). I think I will go with Terraferma since he does great work and is based in Miami and you can get a custom frame for around 2k.
02-20-19, 04:46 PM
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A lot of people here seem to lust over new bikes. I can see why as they are expensive, but they are obtainable if one is willing to spend.
Yet, I personally lust over the older bikes that are difficult to find. Since I'm more into mountain bikes, I'm lusting over this splatter paint green 1991 Axis Team. Yet, I know the chances of finding one in 22in for a reasonable price is slim.
Yet, I personally lust over the older bikes that are difficult to find. Since I'm more into mountain bikes, I'm lusting over this splatter paint green 1991 Axis Team. Yet, I know the chances of finding one in 22in for a reasonable price is slim.
02-20-19, 05:04 PM
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02-20-19, 05:10 PM
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02-20-19, 05:16 PM
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